POWER PRACTICING

Jack’s book is to musicians what Zen in the Art of Archery is to archers: a practical text that increases accuracy, but more importantly, informs the life process itself.

- Topics: motivation, efficient use of practice time, creating an inspiring practice area, determining the length of the practice session, making the practice session interesting, the four types of practicing, the warm-up, metronome techniques, reading improvement, technique improvement, ear training, transcribing music, techniques which improve improvisation, the relationship between student and teacher, music lessons for children, preparing for a performance, the performance, listening to music constructively, physical and mental fitness.